Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands

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The region[1] of East Midlands is divided into 46 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 Borough Constituencies and 34 County Constituencies. Since the General Election of December 2019,[2] 38 are represented by Conservative MPs and 8 by Labour MPs.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate[3] Majority[4][nb 2] Member of Parliament[4] Nearest opposition[4] County County Location Constituency Map
Amber Valley CC 69,976 16,886 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nigel Mills† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Adam Thompson‡ Derbyshire
Ashfield CC 78,204 5,733 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lee Anderson† bgcolor=Template:Ashfield Independents/meta/color|  Jason Zadrozny (Ashfield Independents) Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw CC 80,024 14,013 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Brendan Clarke-Smith† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Keir Morrison‡ Nottinghamshire
Bolsover CC 75,161 5,299 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Fletcher† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dennis Skinner‡ Derbyshire
Boston and Skegness CC 69,381 25,621 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Matt Warman† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ben Cook‡ Lincolnshire
Bosworth CC 81,542 26,278 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Luke Evans† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Rick Middleton‡ Leicestershire
A medium-sized constituency located in the south east of the county.
Broxtowe CC 73,052 5,331 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Darren Henry† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Greg Marshall‡ Nottinghamshire
Charnwood CC 79,534 22,397 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Argar† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gary Godden‡ Leicestershire
A medium-sized constituency, located to the north of the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
Chesterfield BC 71,034 1,451 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Toby Perkins‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Spencer Pitfield† Derbyshire
Corby CC 86,153 10,268 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tom Pursglove† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Beth Miller‡ Northamptonshire
Daventry CC 77,423 26,080 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Heaton-Harris† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Pal Joyce‡ Northamptonshire
Derby North BC 73,199 2,540 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Amanda Solloway† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tony Tinley‡ Derbyshire
Derby South BC 73,062 6,019 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Margaret Beckett‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ed Barker† Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales CC 65,080 17,381 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sarah Dines† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Claire Raw‡ Derbyshire
Erewash CC 72,995 10,606 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Maggie Throup† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Catherine Atkinson‡ Derbyshire
Gainsborough CC 76,343 22,967 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sir Edward Leigh† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Perry Smith‡ Lincolnshire
Gedling CC 71,366 679 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Tom Randall† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Vernon Coaker‡ Nottinghamshire
Grantham and Stamford CC 81,502 26,003 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gareth Davies† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kathryn Salt‡ Lincolnshire
Harborough CC 80,151 12,429 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neil O'Brien† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Celia Hibbert‡ Leicestershire
A medium-to-large constituency, located in the southeast of the county.
High Peak CC 74,265 590 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Largan† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ruth George‡ Derbyshire
Kettering CC 73,164 16,765 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Philip Hollobone† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Claire Pavitt‡ Northamptonshire
Leicester East BC 78,433 6,019 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Claudia Webbe‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bhupendra Dave† Leicestershire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county, to the east of two other small constituencies.
Leicester South BC 77,708 22,675 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jon Ashworth‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Natalie Neale† Leicestershire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county to the south of two equally small constituencies.
Leicester West BC 64,940 4,212 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liz Kendall‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Amanda Wright† Leicestershire
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Lincoln BC 74,942 3,514 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Karl McCartney† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Karen Lee‡ Lincolnshire
Louth and Horncastle CC 79,634 28,668 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Victoria Atkins† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ellie Green‡ Lincolnshire
Loughborough CC 79,764 7,169 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jane Hunt† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stuart Brady‡ Leicestershire
A small-to-medium sized constituency in the north of the county.
Mansfield CC 77,131 16,306 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ben Bradley† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sonya Ward‡ Nottinghamshire
Mid Derbyshire CC 67,442 11,616 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Pauline Latham† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emma Monkman‡ Derbyshire
Newark CC 75,850 21,816 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Jenrick† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  James Baggaley‡ Nottinghamshire
North East Derbyshire CC 72,345 12,876 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lee Rowley† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chris Peace‡ Derbyshire
North West Leicestershire CC 78,935 20,400 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Bridgen† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Terri Eynon‡ Leicestershire
A medium sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Northampton North BC 58,768 5,507 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Michael Ellis† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sally Keeble‡ Northamptonshire
Northampton South BC 62,163 4,697 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Lewer† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gareth Eales‡ Northamptonshire
Nottingham East BC 66,262 17,393 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nadia Whittome‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Victoria Stapleton† Nottinghamshire
Nottingham North BC 66,495 4,490 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alex Norris‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Staurt Beswick† Nottinghamshire
Nottingham South BC 79,485 12,568 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lillian Greenwood‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marc Nykolyszyn† Nottinghamshire
Rushcliffe CC 77,047 7,643 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ruth Edwards† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Cheryl Pidgeon‡ Nottinghamshire
Rutland and Melton CC 82,705 26,924 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alicia Kearns† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andy Thomas‡ Leicestershire and Rutland
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Sherwood CC 77,888 16,186 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Spencer† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jerry Hague‡ Nottinghamshire
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC 94,761 32,565 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dr Caroline Johnson† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Linda Edwards-Shea‡ Lincolnshire
South Derbyshire CC 79,331 19,335 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Heather Wheeler† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Pearson‡ Derbyshire
South Holland and The Deepings CC 75,975 30,838 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Hayes† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mark Popple‡ Lincolnshire
South Leicestershire CC 80,520 24,004 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alberto Costa† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tristan Koriya‡ Leicestershire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
South Northamptonshire CC 90,842 27,761 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrea Leadsom† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gen Kitchen‡ Northamptonshire
Wellingborough CC 80,765 18,550 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Peter Bone† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrea Watts‡ Northamptonshire

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[5]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the East Midlands region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 1,280,724 54.8% Increase4.1% 38 Increase7
Labour 740,975 31.7% Decrease8.8% 8 Decrease7
Liberal Democrats 182,665 7.8% Increase3.5% 0 0
Greens 60,067 2.6% Increase1.1% 0 0
Brexit 35,344 1.5% new 0 0
Others 38,677 1.6% Decrease1.4% 0 0
Total 2,338,452 100.0 46

Percentage votes

East Midlands votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

East Midlands seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Independent (Denis Kendall); 1974 (Feb) - Democratic Labour (Dick Taverne)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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